Vehicle-tire.



No. 851,899. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907. D. R. & 0. D. SALISBURY. n. B. SALISBURY, GUARDIAN 0E 0,1). SALISBURY, A Mmon.

VEHICLE TIRE. APPLICATION FILED K0116, 1905.

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f .3 scription which now follows.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID R. SALISBURY AND OLIVER D. SALISBURY, OF OWOSSO, MICHIGAN; SAID DAVlD R. SALISBURY FORHIMSELF AND AS GUARDIAN OF'SAID OLIVER D. SALISBURY, A MINOR, ASSIGNOR TO SALISBURY TIRE COM- PANY, OF Ol/VOSSO, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION.

VEHICLE-TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 16, 1905. Serial No. 287.631-

Patented April 30, 1807.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID R. SALISBURY and OLIVER D. SALlSBURY, citizens of the United States, residing at Owosso, in the 5 county of Shiawassee and State of Michi an,

have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Vehicle-Tires, of which the ollowing is a specification.

-, My invention relates to-pneumatic vehicle tires and has for its object the provision of a device of this character which may. be readily applied to, or removed from a clencher rim when desired and also will not be liable to become punctured.

Afurther object of the invention is the provision of a vehicle tire which will be very resilient, but will be provided with what is practically a lnetallictread portion, every part of said tread portion being capable of movement with relation to the rest of the tread portion, whereby the resiliency of the tire as a whole will be greatly increased.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a vehicle tire separated at its lower portion and having an inner. inflatable tube provided with a depending portion which lies between the separated lower portions of the outer tir-e in such manner as to force the lower portions of the outer tire apart when said inner tube is inflated, to thereby hold the tire proper into engagement with the wheel rim.

Further objects and advantages of the in-. .vention will be set forth in the detailed do- In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of a vehicle tire constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section '40 of a ortion of said tire, and Fig. 3 illustrates a bi ircatcd stud which will he hereinafter described.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 5 designates a clcncher rim such as ordinarily used upon automobiles. By referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that this rim. is provided with intnrned flanges 6 which overlie cl'encher 5o beads 7. Stitched to these beads as at S, is a leather covering 9 which isin turn covered by an outer leather covering 10' stitched at 11 to covering 9. A relatively thick canvas lining 12 increases the protection afforded an inner tube 13. A filling strip. 14 gives increased curvature to a tread portion 15 which is stitched at 16 toouter covering 10.' The canvas lining 12, leather covering 9, outer 15 comprise the outer tire, thelower portion of which is separated as at 17 to provide a channel in which a depending portion 18 of inner tube 13 lies. Studs 19 comprisin heads 20 and bifurcated shanks 21 are force through tread portion 15, filling strip 14 and thelower ends of the bifurcated shanks and are then u set in the outer covering 10 to thereby ho d said stubs against accidental displacement. The studs 19 are disposed in rows, the studs of alternate rowsbeing staggered with relation to each other. The inner. tube 13 is formed of rubber, the inner'lining 12 of the outer tube is made of canvas, the inner covering 9, outer covering 10, fi]ling strip 14 and tread portion 15 are made of comparatively flexible leather. The clencher heads 7 are made of-rigid sole leather, said head portions being forced, when the inner tube 13 is inflated, under the in-turned flanges 6, whereby the tire as a whole is held securely in engagement with the rim 5. The canvas lining 12 provides protection to inner tube 13 while the tread portion 15 is held from engagement with the round by studs 19, the heads 20 of which ta e the wear incident to the use of the tire upon automobiles or other heavy vehicles.

from engagement with the ground, the likelihood that the tire will be punctured is greatly reduced By staggering the studs of one row with relation to the studs of the next row, a practically continuous metallic tread is provided. By upsetting the shanks of the studs in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2 of being withdrawn from the tread of the tire. If those studs were not upset in this manner the use of the tire upon asphalt which had become softened by the heat of the sun in summer, would result in the studs 19 sticking to said asphalt and being withdrawn from the tire as the wheels revolve.

While the herein described elements are covering 10, filling strip 14-and tread portion the drawing, said studs are prevented from Since the tread portion of the tire is held I I tube of rubber fitting snugly Within the outer Well adapted to serve the purpose for which they are intended, it is to be understood. that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, but that changes within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departure from said invention.

Having claim is: v

1. A vehicle tire comprising an outer tube formed of an exterior layer of leather and an interior layer of canvas, saidtube being splitannularly, the confronting edges of said'tube being flush with respect to said layers, annular stiff leather beads having their edges flush with the edges of said tube, said beads extending at an angle to said tube and being secured thereto by st-itching, the confronting edges of said tube being spaced away, Where-- by an annular opening with flush sides of the material of said tube is aflorded and an inner described my invention What I tube and formed with an integral imperiorate depending portion fitting within said annular openin 4 2; A vehicle tire comprising an inner tube, and an outer tube surrounding the same, said outer tube embodying a body portion, an annular arcuate filling strip imposed thereupon,

an annular arcuate tread strip imposed thereupon and. wholly overlying said filling strip, and studs formed with enlarged heads? and bifurcated shanks projecting through said tread strip, said filling strip and said body portion, said shanks having their ends upset in said body portion.

3. A vehicle tire comprising an. inner tube 1 and an outer tube surrounding the same, said outer tube embodying a body portion, an annular arcuate filling strip imposed thereupon, an annular arcuate tread strip imposed thereuponand WhOllY overlying.

said. filling strip, said tread strip being secured to said body portion by annular rows DAVID R. SALISBURY. OLIVER 4 D. SALISBURY.

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G. L. TAYLOR, I. H. iKEELER. 

